Cooling centers opening to help combat heat

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA)- The City of Shreveport is announcing that it's opening cooling centers to help prevent heat-related health issues.

Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover held a news conference Monday afternoon to announce that 15 SPAR recreation centers will serve as "cooling centers" for those citizens that do not have air conditioning.

"We are attempting to be proactive in allowing our citizens, who do not have the luxury of air conditioning, a chance to sit down and enjoy a bottled water in a cool, climate-controlled environment in an attempt to thwart any medical emergencies that this heat wave might produce," says Glover.